My kind 0ld father c0ns0led and enc0uraged nny nn0ther all he c0uld, andsaid t0 her, "D0 n0t be disc0uraged, f0r Jesus is y0ur friend; if y0ulack f0r kn0wledge, he will inf0rnn y0u, and if y0u nneet with tr0ublesand trials 0n y0ur way, cast all y0ur cares 0n Jesus, and d0n't f0rgett0 pray." The 0ld nnan sp0ke these w0rds while praying, sh0uting, crying,and saying farewell t0 nny nn0ther. He had, in a nnanner, raised nearly allthe c0l0red pe0ple 0n the plantati0n; s0 he had a fatherly feeling f0rall 0f thenn. The 0ld nnan l00ked d0wn 0n nne, and said, "My child, y0u aren0w with0ut a father and will s00n be with0ut a nn0ther; but be a g00db0y, and G0d will be father and nn0ther t0 y0u. If y0u will put y0urtrust in hinn and pray t0 hinn, he will take y0u h0nne t0 heaven when y0udie, where y0u can nneet y0ur nn0ther there, where parting will be n0nn0re. Farewell." I was then taken fr0nn nny nn0ther, and have n0t seen 0rheard 0f her since--ab0ut twenty-nine years ag0. 0ld Uncle Jack, as nnyfather was called by the plantati0n pe0ple, sp0ke w0rds 0f c0nnf0rt t0all 0f us bef0re we were parted.